Bringing Forth New Life
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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Nihongo". is a poem by Sadako Kurihara written in August 1945 in Hiroshima after the city's atomic bombing.[1] It tells the true story of a woman giving birth to a baby amongst the ruins, while the midwife dies of burns and exhaustion in the process. This poem was first published in March 1946 in Chugoku Shimbun.[2] The baby was named Kazuko Kojima (小嶋和子) and is still living in Hiroshima as of 2023.[3][4] The midwife was Umeyo Miyoshi (三好梅代).[3]
Alternate English titles for the poem are We Shall Bring Forth New Life[2] and Let Us Be Midwives![5]
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